Arbortech As170 allsaw -are they any good?

Notch7 · 27 Oct 2017

We often cut out brickwork for fitting steels for larger openings and for stuff like cavity trays.

Has anybody here had experience of using them?

Are they good, or an expensive gimmick, and is a stihl diamond saw and stitch drilling better.

TIA

Roger928 · 27 Oct 2017

Its a gimmick and an expensive one.
A spinning blade will beat this hands down. The same way a spinning blade beats a multi tool.

catlad · 28 Oct 2017

I looked at buying one a couple of years back, so I
hired one to cut an opening for a new doorway.
It did most of it ok which was old soft common brick
but when I hit a rouge hard brick hidden in the wall
it certainly didn't like that.
I decided not to buy one in the end.
I have bought a masonary blade for my recipricating saw
which I use for removing bricks for cavity trays which
works quite well if you stick to the beds.

Notch7 · 29 Oct 2017

catlad said:
I looked at buying one a couple of years back, so I
hired one to cut an opening for a new doorway.
It did most of it ok which was old soft common brick
but when I hit a rouge hard brick hidden in the wall
it certainly didn't like that.
I decided not to buy one in the end.
I have bought a masonary blade for my recipricating saw
which I use for removing bricks for cavity trays which
works quite well if you stick to the beds.

Many thanks for the advice, thats roughly what I thought, a great idea but nit up to cutting hard masonry.

Did you find the arbortech cut through the beds quickly. I mean woukd it be good for cutting out bricks?

If using a recip saw, do you drill in first or go straight in with the recip?

Doggit · 29 Oct 2017

They're not as quick as a circular saw with a diamond blade, but they don't throw the dust around as much, and they'll go much deeper than a circular saw can. They'll cut through a double brick wall quite easily and quickly though.

catlad · 30 Oct 2017

You have to use the drill first to make a hole for the recip
blade to go into before you can start cutting.
The arbrotec will cut through the beds easy enough.

^woody^ · 31 Oct 2017

It's designed for cutting the joints only and doing so without a cloud of dust. It does this very well.

You can't criticise it for not doing stuff it was not designed to do.

It's not as quick as dynamite, but it has it's uses.

^woody^ · 31 Oct 2017

catlad said:
I have bought a masonary blade for my recipricating saw
which I use for removing bricks for cavity trays which
works quite well if you stick to the beds.

Is that the set of two off ebay or similar? One long one for beds and a small curved one for the perps?

They are on my list to try out

Notch7 · 31 Oct 2017

^woody^ said:
Is that the set of two off ebay or similar? One long one for beds and a small curved one for the perps?

They are on my list to try out

Interesting

Do you have a link?

^woody^ · 31 Oct 2017

Notch7 said:
Interesting

Do you have a link?

Blimey I thought I had gone mad. The links I'd saved were not working and nothing on ebay or amazon.

I finally found the maker, but no stock, which is odd

www.thorpeindustries.com and its called the Cutlass Blade

catlad · 31 Oct 2017

I have not seen those before Woody
I will find the blade which I use and let you know.

Notch7 · 1 Nov 2017

^woody^ said:
Blimey I thought I had gone mad. The links I'd saved were not working and nothing on ebay or amazon.

I finally found the maker, but no stock, which is odd

www.thorpeindustries.com and its called the Cutlass Blade

Cheers for searching for that -that looks like a good option and a recip saw is a fraction of the price of an Arbortech allsaw.

Notch7 · 1 Nov 2017

^woody^ said:
Blimey I thought I had gone mad. The links I'd saved were not working and nothing on ebay or amazon.

I finally found the maker, but no stock, which is odd

www.thorpeindustries.com and its called the Cutlass Blade

They dont seem to be available at the moment.

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/112348307510

Ive emailed the seller to see if they are coming back into stock

catlad · 2 Nov 2017

I'm still struggling to attach anything, but if you type
Bosch S1243HM into ebay those are the blades I use.

There is also this one but I haven't use it S1543HM

^woody^ · 2 Nov 2017

I have that one - the one in a frame, still in the packet after several years unused.

I tend to use the old wood blades that are a bit too blunt for timber on blocks and joints, just to get the last bit of juice out of them.

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